Healthcare Finance News October 5, 2018
Health data needs to be interoperable for the relationship between health systems and clinics to bridge the consumerism gap.
When it comes to retail clinics and urgent care clinics, hospitals have two options: Own them or partner with them. Either way, such clinics represent an ever-bigger share of the market, and it behooves hospitals and health systems to develop a relationship with them.
The reason is rooted in consumerism. Patients are used to the conveniences of other industries such as retail, and increasingly they expect the healthcare industry to follow suit with the options and amenities they’ve come to expect.
In order for that positive relationship between health systems and clinics to thrive, health data needs to be interoperable, as...